Type-setting machine



(No Model.) 6 Sheeets--Shee'tl 1.

- L. DOW.

' TYPE SETTING" MACHINE.

'Patented 001;.8, 188g.

71, 71, 71) 71/ 7?/ A/o Z (No Model.)

l .6 Sheets-"Sheet 2. L. DOW. 'TYPE SETTING MAQHINB. 810.412.714.

y Patented Oct A ll. n. Il.

,By 71758 Qtprney (No Model.)4 e sheets-sheets.

L Dow T YPE SETTING MACHINE.

No. 412.1714. Patentedoat. a, 1889.

@sheets-sheen 5. 'L DOW.r A 'TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 8, '1889.v Y

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WITNESSEE. l

I. 'j wwf/@ Lorengo Doy/ (No Model.) 6 sheets-sheer s.

-L. DOW.

, y TYPE SETTING MACHINE. l Y Nb, 112,714. Patented Oct. 8,1889.

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side elevation; Fig.'2,'a side view of 'improved pusher and thciweirportion of the converg'' into'wliich the type-chann ftwisted plate in 35 thelinesfin the same;

'ULL' Doi/ ina citizen of the United'States,` reSidving] at Boston,-

f in; the 'con'nty 'of 'Siiifolle and State of 'Massachnsetts', have invented certain new and nseful.lrnpreveinents in Type-Setting Machines3g ofwhi'ehthe following is a speciiication, referenee loeing hadtherein to'y the accompany- 'ingdraivings M My invention lrelates to improvements in typesetting maehinesnsing a 'key-board for" settingthe type, which, onloeng released vfrom their respective channels, lfall by gravity through converging channels kinto the stick in 3 I5 to improvements inl my machine for which I have" already appliedfor Letters Patent in the United States, November'l, 1885..Serial No.

r'igure 1 shows a vertical central section of ing channels; Fig," a plan ot pusher and shown the' lower part lof converging channels twisted at'the lower-portion Fig. `5, a section 'of same' ata; wf Fig. 6', afront elevation of portion of the ring with tno of the improved channelsv attached. ling-.p7l is' a lsectional view offthe Fig.v9` is a plan-view ofthe improvedkey- `board.- Fig. 10 is 'a perspective vienT of the 4, yshowingmore clearly tive detail -o `into threevandl iinally 'in'.tos'one..

its outer facef'as seen cular-godinFigi? This "O1 lie-onto faeestamlsat the order desired, and particularly it relates;

lowertype is Y pusher-gear;v Fight, an elevation, in which is 25 nf-lineljlof 7`91,'sho wing' the i several converging channels into-which fall, 'f'eed into seven Ln ,l (l is' a part of `the improved .ringl which' rservesfto support the channels I onf' attacjhjcdfat th cir lo w er' ip ptaion ma Decgmbefi6 ,jrss. seraient: 220,824. ciment@ i i vle ofabontthirty degrecslin order thatthe f -typeehannels I maystand -at this .anglo to j prevent the type therein'froni fallingout forward as .they descend,. f

supported at its lower endv by `the-.upper end,

descend through. both 'lhe upper d to. The roller D,l"ig.7(3, atV the bottom of each vers, to one of which each'offtherollers is connected by rod or Wire ll.-

when the key is -depressed it brings this it drops.

inner end of the rollerl) rotatessaidroll'er vabout onethird around. By'this'rotation the carried out from the column rand' delivered into the mou-th of the vLuhe-E.

-` or round artof the roller the type in the colninnto rcstnpon. depression ofthe key, aslhave said, rotates the roller till the grooveor notch is under the column of type springcarries ont thelowcrtnosttype. f ,channels are made to deliver their type into onetnloe. l-iy arranging-'these channels in-4 pa'irs and making them iremovable, as was Dis presented foi` not the case in my f'ormernntchinc,1am ablel 85.]

casting-andvery cheaply'.V are attached to .the rin g1() bythe small AShould theyl become Worin' they to make them in one They screws` L t..

coiled lwirewoumlon .a .inmi'drelp of. Isuitable size ,and then lattcnejd. slightly, so that the' 'typeypassin'g ildvvlncan not rot-ate, very good 'llliesetnlnws nro i a gufi-ttf K is part of a removable Which-is vr55 of the channel I, 'into which` Ait easilyvsli-ps, so

that the type freely f channels. end; of 'K rests on the f periphery of a ringandis keptin place there- 6o on, as shown in the application above referred channel is operated by means of the .key-lc# Y `Each roller is 65` 'longitudinally recessed or grooved,so thatl groove under the column of- Vtype into whichv .On relieving the pressure of vthe inger on the key the coiled'spring d V on the 7o,y

' (Seen in Fig. S.) ,As shown in Fig. (3, thebaek. 7 5

and the reaction of the coiled 8o 'lwef arecheanlyandreadilyrcplacedhynew ones.

and 8, is seen: ashortzspont 9o VInsteadofivtlicpsolid inhcs shown finmy '95 `formervl application, lllind a; :inhcmade' of improvement over is'. u

are made Ver'y they descend, so

a circular figure.`

any others-with which I amacquainted, since they are-easily made, cheap and clean, and always open to inspection. V of these wire tubes are attached at e to the plate Q, Fig. l. This is one of two or more pieces of a somewhatt-riangular shape, formed to lit the interior of the supporting-ring B. This ring is attached by two arms (not shown here) tothe two upright supports C of the ring C,Fig. 1. These triangular-shaped pieces smooth on the outer surface. On this outer face or surface are wires or rods e, riveted to `the plateand converging as that at the lower end only two type abreast -could pass `between them, as seen in Fig. 4. These wires are .of a diameter a little more than the thickness of A*the type'that passesdown between them. Upon these Wires or-rods a cover e is riveted, leavingthe channels between the plateson one side and the cover on the other-. This cover may be made of any suitable material; but I have found awire-cloth or perforated brass 4very goodas the type glideA down upon these very easily.v They are also open and no dirt can accumulate in these channels, and the type arel always injview.' The coiled-wire 'tubes Et converge at the top of these plates or channels Q, as seen in Fig. 4, and deliver the type they carry between 'the wires e and'be-- tween the wire cover e and the plate'Q.. As the Wires o-r rods converge, as seen at E4, they bring all the type entering these wire channels E at the top to a single channel at the bottom E?, only wide enough fortwo type to move abreast. Besidesb'eing curved tott the interior of the ring'B, and bent, as in Fig. 1, to. cause the type to move in a curve becoming nearly perpendicular at the lower part E2, some -of them are also twisted, as seen in Fig. 4,so as to cause all the type to assume the same position in the stick, which theyawou-ld not otherwise do in machines of Fig. 5 shows a section at :c a: 'of Fig. 4, exhibiting more clearly the construction of these bent, converging, and twisted channels. There are as many of these pieces Q as are necessary to receive all the wire tubes. By using wires or rods e of different sizes, the channels Eare made deeper or shallo-wer to adapt v them to the sizes of type intended to pass down them. These pieces Q may be formed on a die with .the divisions e impressed by it, or, they may readily be cast.l These pieces Q, having the space divided into channels by `the rods e toreceive all the type delivered by the wire channels, converge atE2 and deliver their type into channels E3, open infront. Theseare'so bent: and curved that the type in falling slide alongthe back side ontheir edge, and on the'left side of the open channels, Fig. 2, they hug the wall as they pass down. The result of this shape is that the type emerge so accurately in position that they never turn on their side Aor failto enter the'end of the stick F next to the pusher G.

The lower ends -number of tubes or above the opening the type to go out i which it moves with it as it is suicientto meet brought upright by the twisting of this stick s F, which in vno wise impedes the movement of the type as they are pushed forward4 to. the

justifier.

In Figs. l0, l1, l2, and 13 are illustrated in detail the convergence of the'type-channels shown in Fig. ll, so as to feed into a smaller ax, bx, and cx, and againth'e convergence of these-tubes 'or passages into three E, E?, and

into one. Y

The roller D D, in.- the application of which these claims arev improvement-s, rested normally in sucha position that lthe column passages A, BX, CX, D", 8

E3, and finally the convergence of these three' lSo of type stood inthe'groove d. In practice I -V nd it did not workfsowell-fas, to have the column rest on the back or round part of the roller, as seen in Figs. 6 and 8. f By this ar-l rangement the bottom type cannotjar'out and get out of position, since, resting on the back of the roller,

expelled. As. forme'rlyfdes'cribed, bythe depression'of thekey-lever the roller so rotated as to move out the lowermost type.

By my.

the bottom typeis lifted. l throughwh-ich itis to be lTOO presentarrangementgthedepression of a key t rotates the roller until' the notehhor groove ltherein comes under the"column"of type,

which then finger `from the' 'key the small coiled ,spring d', and normal position,y as

rollen'actuated by the seenin Figa, carrying out the bottom typcintothemouth of thechannel, down whit'zlil't falls. 'The 'uniformity of the action of this gen tly,`and, no matter how irregularly or violently the key's struck, lthe type moveswith a uniform motion. In Fig. 2 is shown my improved pusher-for,v

advancingthetype as along the stiock F.

Pis the geared sector of a circleactuated, as will be presently explained, by the rod N, which depresses it when any key is depressed, rotating the ratchet s, which moves freely on the pin s.- Behind' this ratchets is a small toothed wheel g', which is actuated.by the pawl g, Figs. 2 and 3. vThis toothed wheel is connected lirmly with the triangular piece G, rotated bythe they fall in succession pawl g.

In liig. 3 is shown a planv of pusher and pusher-gear. This triangular piece G makes one-third of a complete'revolution every vtime akey of the key-*board is depressed,

presenting one of its sides, as G', at the end of the channel. F. When the operator be- IIO coiled spring df-causesy channels-E, so ,that the, iirst'type coming Adown'tinds itselfjsuppertedon one side by pf this-triangularlrotating piece Gr- Thelde-J pression `et' theley; causes thepointGof the piece" G 'td mverapidly', describing the are Fig. 1.: The depressioncfanykeyj 7121@ this side O2 of therdcling frame, ands 4in the'printers case for the lowercase Y ters. The arrangement of the nppericas of a circle-and pushing before -it the typefand theV pieceI F in theehannel @E fand halting at;- Vthe point fr. f-@rhefpreeesmoving freely- 0n n Tf andheld against 'the lower-.face of G, acts` as a 'stop to prevent 4 tflreiiirther,,movement of- (l, thus holdingl it in fthejihtjpositionto allow the descent efth' type permitthein:

tc be advancedbyltli red N is connectedat Dl11if3rwith-lthespr actuated arni p ofithe lttheds`ectoigflV the other. with the, rocking shaft'l-Oat ates the pusher. Unlessth shaft vO- irn bearing on the table 0n whichij chine rests, and tire pieces Q2y that con with O 8 lying transversely below'thek Figs9 is a plan of thecentral portionb key-board. lIt showsI the lettersofttlieley? board arranged inthe same order -as or `with little variation from that adopted-and'used to put the large 'and smallcaps fto the right 4ofthe part shown, and the capital andlovver,

case`italic's 'to the left, .or.,v1ce versa. This: arrangement'ofv the keys Aenables any printer` -to operategthe machine immediately, without 4 the necessity oi" learning a key-board arranged in anyun-farniliar andabitraryinanner. Any,-

printe'-rcanoperatev the bine` after affew he rsprajctic `ino p than couldbe donejafte ac keylboard otherwise achine be 'i lilies,` the use all the spacesused in the printers case, I

am able to put other characters in their place,- ,cruise the keys they represent for other pur-v pesesybut I would not deviate es'sentially`A 'zone' handfof ser:f fhrsaafana-. meutin'f-mykcy-board .off the' lettejrs` 'in' the printers ca se, but very nearly 'so-.1 As Ido noti stick, there may be several on tlw way hir-h.

kvinust beadvanced as they arrive. aan at m leave au opening for the next to nfairs place in ,front ofthepiisli'er Gr. v y

In .n1-y application 'iled Novem-ber 13,' l-SS',

roller in some respects similar to what is eine bodied in `this case, but diering from this in A, its special, `combination withtln;l other parts ,andin its detail of opcratiOll.

While thev key-board vin tliepresent draw- 'ings merely shows lower-,case letters, it will be cbvious that i others can be added by the lneljcst mechanical skill.

1 3'1. In 'a type-setting machine, theincline'd ,channels I and the converging -wire channels,

combination with the rollers D and their sprigsd, substantially as and for the purn ktypeis'etting machines, the coiled-wire ev lattenedto receive and convey, without tati'ng, typelof varying size, as andfor the posesd'escribed f..

ntypesetting machines, the plates Q, it theirA converging partitions between the p pla andthe cover adapted to receive type byvery rigid rods, it is easy, to see tl 1at hel movement of these levers would no'tldepress .Q an equal distancewhen they are'de the same distance.

'arying thicknesses, and bent and twisted,

hereby theywill deliver the said type in Lijiliejges itig'rfidesired- ,into the, channels E3, as

'andforthe pii'rposes described.

Intype-setting machines, the pusher Gr yanfdjftl1'-e geared Wheel g and--pawl g, in comation with th piece S and 'its actuating red sector P, s and f' the purposes de- "s'cr'ibed'i, i i 1 In typefsetting machines, the type-channelsiand type-discharging mechanism, as set orth, incc1nbination withthe. stick F, the piecejF 'the` pusher G, the rod O3, the sector i?,the pinion S,'and connections, as set forth,

between the sector and pinion andthe levers -jofjtliej-li'`eylma.1 d,v substantially as and for the lf Y 6. ,Ing type-setting machines, a key-board vwith j the letters of the lower case arrange@ substantially as in thejprinters case,- with the' letters of the uppercase arranged to the right.

and left ofthe same, as and for the purposes described.

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tion with the type-channels, in which the type 1 are placed before being set, the longitudinally-grooved rollers D, normally in position `to presenttheir `rounded sides to the lower ends of the"1l type-.channels, the springs coninto which said column descends, and which roller, onrelease ofthekey under the finger, returns to its former position, carrying -out the bottoni type, as and for thepnrposes die scribed. f

r4 Y' i' e 412,714@V 8. In type-settingmachines;the piece T, in l stantially as described, `iexibl'e .tubestfmmf 1o combination with the spring T2 and the piece type-channels, substantially as Vandi'or jtho' 1- G, as and foi` the purposes mentioned. I purpose'described. s. v 9. The type-channel, in combination with In testimonywhereof I 'atix myv signature 5'fthe recessed oller normally in position to inpresence of two witnesses.-

present its rou'nded'sidetothe lower end of LORENZOVVDOXV. the sype-cha'ri'nel,V and with means, substam- Witnesses: Y l.

-ti a.11yas described, for actuating the rollers. i v EGENE GUELPA,

10. In 2i,A type-distributing maohinefsub-I l" CHAS. F.' 1`HAYER 

